{"id":51678,"date":"2026-02-12T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/?p=51678"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:19:53","slug":"korea-post-fully-implements-mail-in-recycling-of-heated-tobacco-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/a\/51678","title":{"rendered":"Korea Post fully implements mail-in recycling of heated tobacco devices."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><span dir=\"auto\">According to the Seoul News Agency, the Postal Headquarters of the Ministry of Science and ICT of South Korea\u00a0<\/span><span data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;para&quot;,{&quot;tagName&quot;:&quot;p&quot;,&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;margin-bottom: 16px;&quot;,&quot;data-pm-slice&quot;:&quot;0 0 []&quot;},&quot;namespaceURI&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml&quot;}]\"><span dir=\"auto\">announced on the 10th that since\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\">signing a memorandum of understanding\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">with the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, the Environmental Foundation, and Philip Morris Korea in December 2025\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">, the \"mail-in recycling\" of heated tobacco devices has been fully implemented in the national post office network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Consumers can place\u00a0<\/span><strong><span dir=\"auto\">used heated tobacco devices (limited to products manufactured by Philip Morris Korea) into designated recycling bags provided by local post offices<\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0, and then choose one of two methods to return them: either hand them over to the nearest post office counter or drop them directly into a mailbox. After collection, the post offices will distribute the devices to recycling companies for safe and standardized disposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Since no additional registration or complicated steps are required, delivery and recycling can be completed using only existing postal infrastructure,\u00a0<\/span><span data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><span dir=\"auto\">which can reduce environmental pollution caused by illegal disposal or neglect, increase recycling rates, and promote the establishment of a resource circulation system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<section><span data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><span dir=\"auto\">Korea Post points out that\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">heated\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">tobacco products typically contain batteries and electronic components.\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"auto\">Therefore, environmental concerns regarding their disposal persist. A safe and systematic recycling system has been established utilizing the nationwide postal logistics network and postal infrastructure.<\/span><\/span><\/section>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">In addition to heated tobacco products, Korea Post is also simultaneously promoting the mail-in recycling of items such as discarded medicines and disposable coffee capsules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Source: https:\/\/m.news.nate.com\/view\/20260210n18002?mid=m02&amp;list=recent&amp;cpcd=<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Seoul News Agency, the Postal Headquarters of the Ministry of Science and ICT of South Korea\u00a0announced on the 10th that since\u00a0signing a memorandum of understanding\u00a0with the M &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}